Blount County, Tennessee: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 139,3332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,3652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Walton County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Blount CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Blount County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −38.4% |
| 1896 | −45.8% |
| 1900 | −44.6% |
| 1904 | −52.0% |
| 1908 | −50.1% |
| 1912 | −1.1% |
| 1916 | −41.4% |
| 1920 | −56.2% |
| 1924 | −47.3% |
| 1928 | −70.5% |
| 1932 | −36.2% |
| 1936 | −14.8% |
| 1940 | −12.3% |
| 1944 | −37.0% |
| 1948 | −31.6% |
| 1952 | −38.7% |
| 1956 | −42.5% |
| 1960 | −36.9% |
| 1964 | −16.8% |
| 1968 | −33.9% |
| 1972 | −49.5% |
| 1976 | −6.7% |
| 1980 | −30.4% |
| 1984 | −38.0% |
| 1988 | −35.0% |
| 1992 | −10.0% |
| 1996 | −12.5% |
| 2000 | −26.0% |
| 2004 | −37.4% |
| 2008 | −39.3% |
| 2012 | −45.7% |
| 2016 | −48.5% |
| 2020 | −44.2% |
| 2024 | −47.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 17,664 | 50,699 | 69,224 | ||
| R | 17,932 | 47,369 | 66,609 | ||
| R | 12,100 | 37,443 | 52,208 | ||
| R | 12,934 | 35,441 | 49,234 | ||
| R | 15,253 | 35,571 | 51,645 | ||
| R | 15,047 | 33,241 | 48,712 | ||
| R | 14,688 | 25,273 | 40,662 | ||
| R | 14,687 | 19,310 | 36,930 | ||
| R | 14,655 | 18,415 | 37,651 | ||
| R | 9,602 | 20,027 | 29,776 | ||
| R | 9,188 | 20,525 | 29,859 | ||
| R | 9,412 | 17,959 | 28,144 | ||
| R | 12,096 | 13,851 | 26,240 | ||
| R | 5,303 | 16,078 | 21,771 | ||
| R | 5,176 | 12,753 | 22,336 | ||
| R | 8,459 | 11,876 | 20,335 | ||
| R | 6,213 | 13,552 | 19,872 | ||
| R | 5,076 | 12,667 | 17,867 | ||
| R | 5,163 | 11,708 | 16,913 | ||
| R | 3,141 | 6,152 | 9,543 | ||
| R | 2,836 | 6,193 | 9,067 | ||
| R | 3,363 | 4,312 | 7,720 | ||
| R | 3,056 | 4,119 | 7,199 | ||
| R | 1,515 | 3,275 | 4,867 | ||
| R | 712 | 4,125 | 4,844 | ||
| R | 968 | 2,754 | 3,776 | ||
| R | 1,550 | 5,540 | 7,094 | ||
| R | 1,015 | 2,462 | 3,496 | ||
| O | 836 | 870 | 3,116 | ||
| R | 847 | 2,568 | 3,433 | ||
| R | 618 | 1,987 | 2,631 | ||
| R | 825 | 2,201 | 3,085 | ||
| R | 970 | 2,652 | 3,673 | ||
| R | 821 | 1,933 | 2,895 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.2%
Irish
11.4%
German
11.1%
American
8.7%
Scottish
3.0%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.9%
African American
2.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,365
Blount County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Blount County$77,365
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Blount County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.4%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nestled against the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, Blount County delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a rural-suburban electorate that has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached seventy points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
A population of 139,333, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,365 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walton County and White County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Blount County, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Blount County, Tennessee voted Republican by 47.7 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,224 votes cast, 17,664 went Democratic and 50,699 went Republican.
What is Blount County, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Blount County, Tennessee in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Blount County, Tennessee?
Blount County, Tennessee has a population of 139,333 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blount County, Tennessee?
Median household income in Blount County, Tennessee is $77,365 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Blount County, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Blount County, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.